-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A magazine photo spread of Taliban fighters posing in the uniforms of 10 French soldiers killed last month has sparked an angry response .

One of the pictures in the French magazine Paris Match that has stirred controversy .

The latest edition of Paris Match includes photos of the Taliban fighters and their commander , `` Farouki , '' wearing French uniforms , helmets and using French assault rifles and walkie-talkies .

Farouki , aged 30-35 , claims in the accompanying story to have led his group in the August 18 ambush which killed 10 French troops and injured a further 21 in the Sarobi District , 40 miles east of Kabul . It was the French army 's single highest death toll in 25 years .

He said the area was `` our territory '' and the attack was a `` legitimate '' part of its defense .

Farouki said it did not need a lot of planning , with the French soldiers only spotted a short time before the assault .

He said the soldiers had died for '' -LSB- George W. -RSB- Bush 's '' cause and that if France did not return the rest of its troops home they would all be killed .

Farouki said they would continue fighting till the last man . See more on Paris Match 's Web site

French Defense Minister Herve Morin accused the magazine of helping the Taliban .

`` Should we be doing the Taliban 's promotion for them ? '' he asked in the French daily newspaper Liberation .

Joel Le Pahun , father of one of the killed soldiers , told the newspaper the pictures were `` despicable . ''

Green MP Daniel Cohn-Bendit called them `` voyeurism . ''

However , Paris Match editor Laurent Valdiguie defended the publication , saying it was `` legitimate '' given the importance of the story .

The story 's author , Eric de Lavarène , said only he and photographer Véronique de Viguerie met the group and he asked his questions via their `` fixer . ''

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Photos of Taliban in the uniforms of dead French soldiers provokes outrage

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Magazine Paris Match features photos of Taliban and their commander

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10 French troops were killed and a further 21 injured in an ambush